Dear Shadow Minister,

Tony Abbott is his own worst enemy.

He has not learned a thing from being deposed.
As Barrie Cassidy writes, Tony Abbott might
be the "darling of the right" but he doesn't
have the essential community support that even
Kevin Rudd had when he was deposed.

Although Tony Abbott insisted from the start
there would be no wrecking or undermining -
Mr Abbott keeps crossing the line to vindictiveness.

Even John Howard has told Mr Abbott to stop
criticising the new Prime Minister.

The cliche goes that "Time heals all wounds."
Others have argued - it's what you do with the time
that heals. Well the new Prime Minister certainly
does not need a former PM sniping from the back
bench. Neither does the government.
Lets see what this nuisance continues to do with
his time. It won't win him any accolades with the
voters that's for sure!

Dear Paul,

Malcolm Turnbull should send Mr Abbott somewhere
where he could do the least harm.
Preferably - out of the country. London would be
a great idea (except they probably wouldn't want
him). Anyway, he could buck for a knighthood to
match his Rhodes Scholarship (perhaps there's
someone of influence that could help him this
time around as well).

Foxy,

What most left whingers forget is that at the time Abbott brought down MT, firstly Abbott had warned MT that if MT went against the wishes of the caucus he would move to have him replaced. When MT continued, TA moved against him, first asking Brendan Nelson to stand as Leader, then Hockey, neither accepted. TA only then put himself forward.

TA then set about demolishing Labor and in less than a year had torn down Labor's lead from about 14% to zero, and finally putting the liberals in power. Turnbull for all his popularity is standing on TA's shoulders and would not be in power if not for his efforts, and the liberal party, whatever their feelings towards him as PM have not forgotten.

Secondly, in spite of what Barrie Cassidy and other left whingers say, TA has not been sniping at, nor undermining MT. However, he has been stating the opinions of his conservative colleagues. Also while Rudd when deposed might have had the sympathy of some voters, he was despised by many of his colleagues.

Paul,

None of the greens would be trusted with the authority of a crapper in the antarctic.

Dear Shadow Minister,

I feel that Barrie Cassidy like Laurie Oakes is
a highly respected political commentator and
usually tries to maintain objectivity.

He's hit the nail on the head when he stated that
Mr Abbott might be the darling of the right but
he does not have the essential community
support that even Kevin Rudd had when he was deposed.

Of course Malcolm Turnbull may have all the ingredients
to inspire, hence his popularity currently, however he
also has the ingredients to blow up. I'm hoping that
he will be the former. But for that we shall have to
see what Mr Abbott continues to do with his time - and
whether Malcolm Turnbull continues to do well in the
polls. If he slides in the polls - well I guess it will
be anybody's game.

Like a bad smell, Phony Tony is going to try and hang around Canberra to see how he can undermine Turnbull and sabotage his leadership. The fact is Turnbull so dislikes Abbott, he refuses to offer the despised one any sort of juicy plum, sour graps maybe, but no juicy plum, that's for sure.

Paul,

Like a ripe turd, Brown eye Bob has been trying to throw his feeble mind and body against the police and got locked up.

What an embarrassment, the founder of the Greens is a common criminal.

Shadow, such unseemly words from you. I for one am proud of Bob Brown and what he has achieved in his public life. As for being locked up as a common criminal, then Bob has something else in common with the likes of Nelson Mandala and Jesus Christ. If Tony Abbott was to go to prison then he would have another thing in common, besides being a clown, with Harpo Marx.